Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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